I would have to agree with you in that it is a tougher market. Many new products have the width and height channels, some even have 9 channels of amplification. I would imagine that any replacement would have to exceed the original price of the 1070 by a fairly large percentage. But I do wonder what they could do with an existing platform and if it is even worth the effort and costs. While I do not think the 970/1070 was based on another platform, one of the things that did appeal to me at the time was the simplicity of the product while maintaining a great sounding unit.